Fact or Fiction? Goldfields Discovery. Iii
In 1853 the Government proposed to reward Hargraves with a public grant of £5000, and a committee of 10 members of the Legislative Council was elected by ballot to report on…
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4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 228
Robbery of the Nation Will Be Result of Return to Gold Standard The Average Man Should Wake Up To What is Afoot Propaganda to Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Poorer Incontrovertible Series of Facts Marshalled
THE "arbitrarily exalted and fickle yellow metal" is the description given gold by "Smith's" financial writer, whose powerful articles are attracting the widest attention. He shows how, when war clouds gathered, the gold standard came…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Little Gold Mine
Perhaps the most consistent pony racing on the A.R.C. tracks at the present tima is Rathlin, a sturdy little son or that one-time out-and-out champion, Bruce. Carrying the healthy burden of ten atone, he downed a hot favorite in Bonzonette at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining
The first metal quotes received early in the week showed further rises in metals, but a reaction occurred later. This was probably due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tons of Gold "Honest Politics" Wheat Pool Claim
"Thank God wo have an honest Government," said Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., at the opening of the new Enfield School yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Skelton Miracle Sudden and Startling Improvement in Gold Results in "Baron" Bob Reaping a Rich Harvest
IT has frequently been pointed out in these columns that it is. advisable to shut one's eyes to form on A.R.C. courses, and butt in and bet on a billy goat if he is backed by the big guns of the game. Gold, who won the first division of the Novice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Price of Gold
The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of gold in London on Friday was 95/8 per ounce fine, a fall of /6 since Tuesday. At this price the pound sterling is the equivalent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Colliery Fire Two Hours' Fight NEWCASTLE
A fire was discovered late no Saturday night in the weighting cabin of the Stockton Borehole Colliery. The colliery pumps were brought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining. the Share Market
Silver-lead interests alone benefited by the vagaries of London metal quotations, and it was only in t[?]is section on Saturday that the Sydney share market displayed any strength…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Caustic Critic Review of "The Newsletter" Bob Skelton's Gold
When Gold (33 to 1) ran unplaced in the Second Divisions of the Ascot Novice last Wednesday "The Newste[?]ter" sated that "he raced like an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week-end Business in Money and Mining the Half-day on Saturday Resulted in Light Business. Most Stocks Being Merely Nibbled At--sargents Were in Fair Supply From 23 3 to 23 6. But the Demand Absorbed 400 Shares Offering Nawng Pet Remained Steady at 4 3 Despite a £4 Drop in Tin
Bonds were sparsely deal in at [?] rates on Saturday. forenoon banks and Colonial Sugar also remained without material change…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collieries Idle Yesterday's Stoppages
The miners at Pelaw Main and Cessnock collieries, in the northern district, were idle yesterday. At the former, the wheelers held a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Strike Hobart
Following on Government mediation the strike of miners at the Mt. Nicholas and Cornwall mines, which has been in progress for some weeks, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weighing Cabin Burnt at Mine
NEWCASTLE. Monday. -- Late on Saturday night the weighing cabin at Stockton Borehole colliery was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners. Stoppages on Northern Fields
Work was resumed yesterday morning at polton colliery, on the Northern field, at which the employees were on strike last week, At Pelaw Main a further strike occurred as a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tasmanian Mines. Strikes Settled. Hobart
The strike of miners at Mount" Nicholas and Cornwall collieries has been settled. The men will resume work this week. This result was achieved by the mediation of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Late Mining. Adelaide
Sales on Change included:- Silver: Broken Hill Proprietary, 26/7½ (fwd.), b 26/3, s, 26/6; Black 10, b 2/9; Block 14, pref., 7/10, [?] 8/; Block [?] ord., 3/6, b 3/7; Junction North,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining. the Share Market
Barriers continued to gain ground in yesterday's mining share market. Higher raies were commanded throughout the day for Norths and Souths. The latter were active,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Enginemen to Confer with Coal Owners
Mr. J. Atkin, secretary of the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union, left for Newcastle last night to attend a conference with coal owners to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining in Papua. a Disastrous Venture
The steamer Lady Isobel, of the Patrick Steamships, Ltd., left Cairns on Saturday for Misima, where the vessel is to load 2000 tons of mining plant and machinery tor Melbourne…
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